Paying the Jobless: A Comparison of Unemployment Benefit Policies in Great Britain and GermanyThis comprehensive study into one of the most crucial and controversial elements of the welfare state provides a comparative and systematic analysis of policy changes in social security systems for unemployed people in two major European countries with different welfare traditions. |
Contents
Unemployment benefits and comparative social policy | 11 |
Unemployment and social security | 25 |
The origin and development of benefit regimes | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
administration annual Arbeitsförderungsgesetz Arbeitslosengeld Arbeitslosenhilfe Arbeitslosigkeit argued assistance benefits became benefit arrangements benefit changes benefit entitlement benefit levels benefit rates Britain British BT-Drs Bundesanstalt budget Bundestag Chapter Cmnd coalition Conservative Party contribution rates contribution records contributors countries CPAG crisis DHSS earnings economic growth economic policy employers Eurostat favour Federal flat-rate Gastarbeiter government's groups Handelsblatt Hennock high unemployment historical institutionalism HMSO ibid implemented improved Income Support increase inflation influence institutional insurance fund insurance system insured employment introduced jobless labour market labour market policies Labour Party London major means-tested Micklewright National Insurance payments pensions perceived period policy changes political principles public expenditure receipt reduced regarded remained rise social insurance social policy social security Sozialhilfe structure supplementary benefit unemployed claimants unemployed workers unemployment benefits unemployment compensation unemployment insurance unemployment insurance benefits unemployment levels unemployment rates unions uprating wage welfare West Germany
References to this book
Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany: Who Benefits? Frances McGinnity No preview available - 2004 |
Gesundheitspravention Bei Kindern Und Jugendlichen Gesundheitliche ... Katrin Mohr No preview available - 2007 |